Tag: sunna

Imam Muslim (Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj) was born in 202 AH in Naysabur (817/818CE) and died in 261AH (874/875CE)also in Naysabur. He traveled widely to gather his collection of ahadith (plural of Hadith), including to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Egypt. Out of 300,000 hadith which he evaluated, approximately 4,000 were extracted for inclusion into his collection based on stringent acceptance criteria. Each report in his collection was checked and the veracity of the chain of reporters was painstakingly established. Sunni Muslims consider it the second most authentic Hadith collection, after Sahih Bukhari. However, it is important to realize that Imam Muslim never claimed to collect all authentic traditions as his goal was to collect only traditions that all Muslims should agree on about accuracy. ... more

Sahih Bukhari is a collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (Prayer and Peace of Allah The Almighty be upon Him), also known as the Sunnah. The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called Ahadith. Bukhari lived a couple of centuries after the Prophet's death and worked extremely hard to collect his Ahadith. Each report in his collection was checked for compatibility with the Qur'an, and the veracity of the chain of reporters had to be painstakingly established. Bukhari's collection is recognized by the overwhelming majority of the Muslim world to be one of the most authentic collections of the Sunnah of the Prophet (Prayer and Peace of Allah The Almighty be upon Him). ... more

Today individuals find themselves in desperate need of guidance. Over the ages, Allah sent different Prophets to guide humanity and provide answers to the questions confronting man. The most important features of their mission was to explain the Divine laws and exemplify Divine wisdom, and thus, serve as role-models to their nations. This book shows how the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) introduced Islam in all of his cases: father, husband, neighbor, friend, seller, buyer, judge, ... etc. Thus he dealt with all kinds of people while showing the Islamic teachings in all cases. ... more

Allaah granted his Prophet, (prayer and peace of Allah the Almighty be upon him), qualities of perfection and noble characteristics which distinguished him from all other human beings. Consequently, he, (prayer and peace of Allah the Almighty be upon him), combined all the possible virtuous human traits and was the best leading example in treating others with benevolence. ... more